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Chapter 45 – Curse And Salvation
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The first thing Elizabeth did when she arrived there (not too affected by Lancelot's transformation, somehow), was to run and stand in between Meliodas and Nel Hativa who still fought against each other.
Spreading her hands to the side, Elizabeth persistently shouted "stop this, Lady Neiva, Sir Meliodas!".
At the same time, both Meliodas and Nel Hativa gasped and said in unison "Elizabeth, move aside!".
Her momentum was barely able to be stopped. When Nel Hativa's Death Scythe barely hit Elizabeth, Lancelot in his Alicorn form had jumped in between them, hovering above Elizabeth and Meliodas to protect them as several chains came from Yggdrasil wrapped tightly around Nel Hativa's hands and Death Scythe which successfully stopped the undoubtedly dangerous weapon to hit Lancelot.
"are you... Sir Lancelot?", Elizabeth asked in wonder and when the Alicorn rubbed his head against her face, Elizabeth laughed "thank you for protecting me".
Looking uo, they saw Lily lifted her thumb "don't worry, I keep in check. Good job, Lancelot".
"thank you, Lily dear! That was close!", Nel Hativa sighed in relief before turning to Elizabeth with a glare. She swatted her hand to the side "Lady Elizabeth, it's too dangerous! What were you thinking, to interfere between us in the middle of our fight like this?".
Elizabeth started arguing with her "and I believe it's my line, Lady Neiva! Why did you two fight here instead?".
After the Alicorn nudged him by shoulder with its mouth, Meliodas sat down "hm? What should we do right now? let's see".
When he heard the whiny sounds from his son-transformed-to-Alicorn, Meliodas chuckled "come on, no need to fret over it. How about you help Isolde to purify this place while we wait the result?".
Nodding his head, Lancelot brushed his father's head with his tails (earning Meliodas' protest which he ignored) before going to help the Phoneix Priestess to figure out about how to snap Tristan and Tristina out of whatever trance they were getting into once they pulled them out of the darkness cocoon. Having their fight was interfered by the third princess, Meliodas decided to see how this was going. He thought it felt like 'just like the old time' where Elizabeth (the original, Goddess or one of reincarnations in the past) would argue with Nel Hativa sometimes. Usually, it was Elizabeth who always manage to win over the argue and Meliodas wondered if this time, Elizabeth could win the argue again. From the corner of his eyes, Meliodas saw that Lily had released the chains that tightly wrapped the Dawn Roar members (even if Gate Of Babylon belonged to Elias right now, as the one who gave it Elias, Lily still had the control over it so no wonder Enkidu still would obey her order. Not to mention, Elias was still busy on his fight against King, his older brother) so the Dawn Road members could talk properly with Griamore and Veronica. After Dawn Roar noticed Griamore, Elizabeth and Veronica's presences here, they had asked Lily to release them with promise that they wouldn't do anything to bring harm either to her adopted son Elias or the Armor Giant because they needed to know what happened and they just wanted to talk with Veronica and Griamore that rumour had it, they had passed away already on Vaizel.
Eventually, the second princess Veronica successfully convinced the Dawn Roar to chill out, stay still to observe and wait "let's discuss further about your mission and settle everything about us later. For now, let's clean up this mess first".
Well, the Deadly Sins didn't too surprised to see that the Dawn Roar chose to obey Veronica although they still could feel the hostile air coming from Dawn Roar. After all, Dawn Roar members especially the leader, Slader, vowed their loyalty to the King and they moved under King Baltra's command which meant it was obvious that they should obey the princesses as well.
Oh, well... just like Veronica said, it seemed they had a lot to talk after they cleaned up this mess. They still had a lot of mess here, after all. Issues between the siblings (between King and Elias, also Tristan and Tristina) and Armor Giant. They only needed to solve the problem between Lancelot with Morgan later (obviously to explain his transformation, what else?).
After listening to their explanation about Tristina's condition, Elizabeth was horrified by the fact that Nel Hativa had tried to kill Tristina "so what now? You want to kill her again? I'm against it!".
"and what do you suggest then, Lady? Like it or not, even as we're talking now, Tristan is in the utmost danger on his resurrected twin sister's hands. Like I said to Meliodas before, it's my responsibility to bring back the dead to life. It's also my responsibility to bring them back to dead rather than let them live as the sorrowful, blood-thirsty beast", Nel Hativa lifted her Scythe pointing to the darkness cocoon before she stepped forward, hovering above Elizabeth "or should I remind you what would happen if something happened to Tristan, Lady Elizabeth? Do you think how Isolde and Merlin will react over it? It will destroy my little sisters' heart! It will break Isolde's heart and hurt Merlin again. Do you think I can let it happen?".
Meliodas retorted "Neiva, you know that I'm against your idea to kill Tina and that's why we fought from the first place, remember?".
Elizabeth intertwined her knuckles on her chest "Sir Meliodas is right! Even if you said there's only one way to go... even so... Why should we kill one of them, to save one and sacrifice the other if we can save them both? I refuse to let them die without salvation! I refuse to do nothing and kill them instead when perhaps we still have the chance to save them both! Be it Tristan or Tina deserve to life and earn the salvation!".
"ah, Lady Elizabeth... you haven't changed at all. Sometimes, some things never change, huh?", Nel Hativa leaned her Scythe on her shoulder with fond and nostalgic smile "...you've got guts, huh? To recklessly stand in between us in the middle our fight although you're powerless, you are an idiot, but... you are the type of a naive, brave idiot that I like the most".
Elizabeth didn't know if she praised her or insulted her so she wasn't sure "um... thank you?".
Meliodas translated as Lancelot snorted "Lancelot said she didn't praise you, Elizabeth".
When Elizabeth asked her decision, Nel Hativa sighed in defeat and lifted both her hand in surrender "okay, okay, you won, princess. Let's try to save them both, although I don't know how well this will work, but I will help with all might... I admit I quite adore those two a lot".
Elizabeth brightened and squeezed her hands "thank you!".
Nel Hativa leaned down and lifted her forefinger to poke her nose "but! Remember, I still have to do my responsibility in case we failed".
Elizabeth nodded with burning resolve on her eyes "then I will not fail".
Nel Hativa smirked before turning to her foster brother "Gowther! Read my mind and send the plan to the others who get involved".
"Searchlight", despite her unknown motives, Gowther lifted his finger and sent the arrow light to her head before spreading the plan to Ban, Isolde, Lancelot, Meliodas and Elizabeth after receiving the plan "Broadcast".
Both Isolde and Lancelot stood on the opposite side. From his horn, Lancelot sent a wave of water, it was his Sanctuary of The Lake after Isolde sent her Phoenix Blessing to purify the darkness cocoon from above. Lancelot's Sanctuary of The Lake purified the darkness cocoon from below and wrapped both Tristina and Tristan into his water cocoon this time.
Meliodas explained to the baffled spectators (Veronica, Griamore and Dawn Roar) that unlike Isolde's purification who would 'burn' all kind of evil entity into dust (which could risk to bring harm on both Tristan and Tristina) because her purification fire was intended to bring the dead to afterlife and wasn't supposed to use to the living, Lancelot's purification was more like having the function to wash away all kind of evil entity that intend to clean and heal with his Holy Water. When it came to the purification, rather than Isolde's fire who would risk to bring harm (because it was meant to kill and hurt), Meliodas himself preferred Lancelot's Holy Water which less hostile (because it was meant to heal) when they used it to the living. However, unlike Isolde's Purification Fire, Lancelot's Holy Water that came from his horn as Alicorn (winged Unicorn) only could be used when Lancelot was in his Holy Beast form (Alicorn who took residence within his Sacred Treasure Arondight that he earned from The Lady Of The Lake). That was why Lancelot had to change into this form first before he was using his ability.
"O' princess, allow me to borrow your Sword", Nel Hativa lifted her hand and the Scythe in her hand changed into Guinevere's Sacred Treasure, the Sword of Kindness "the Tender Hands".
Nel Hativa grabbed Elizabeth's hand before lifting her forefinger "Invasion".
King who saw it, jawdropped "it's—!?".
Ban gawked, still waiting for his turn "—the same magic with Gowther's!?".
"wow, I'm surprised. I'd like to talk with her later", despite his words, Gowther didn't look surprised at all. He grabbed Meliodas' hand and lifted his forefinger "Invasion".
Using Invasion, Nel Hativa and Elizabeth went to dive into Tristina's mindscape while Gowther and Meliodas went to dive into Tristan's mindscape. It turned out that Tristina and Tristan's consciousness was connected from how they met in their mindscape. The twin who still children was holding hands and walking down the path that covered by snow as the snow fell from the sky down to the earth. When Tristina's hands turned red because of cold temperature, Tristan taught her to rub her hands so she could get warmer. After wrapping his muffler around her neck, Tristina hugged him and told him about how she loved her twin brother. Tristan smiled, patting her head with promise that he'd always protect her as her twin brother. However, he failed her.
Although the scene where their parent died was blurred, they still could see how Tristina was killed by the Assassins. The assassins didn't kill her right away, they tortured her first, enjoying each her screams as they pierced the swords to her body one by one until her raven hair turned into white and they killed in the end with pulling out her heart out of her body, leaving bloods pooling around her lifeless body. They took her heart as offering for ritual like the father of King Mark ordered them, they said. Meliodas gritted his teeth and averted his eyes while Elizabeth covered her mouth, sobbing silently. Elizabeth cried when she saw how cruel Tristina was killed, butchered like a pig or like a lamb to slaughter. When Meliodas hugged her to calm her down, she could feel his body trembling in rage, she even could feel his anger.
Nel Hativa patted Elizabeth's head "don't worry, those people didn't last long".
Like she said, when those assassins had a feast on the tavern after they got paid by the father of King Mark, the torches went away before Nel Hativa appeared with Death Scythe on her hands "if you all have fun on your feast already, now is the time for you to repent your Sins in Purgatory on the afterlife".
Looking at the scene where Nel Hativa took their life, Meliodas lifted his fist "well, I already told you this before, but thank you very much".
Nel Hativa tossed her fist to his fist "just doing my job as Death God but you're welcome".
The four of them turned back to the scene where Tristina died because they heard his voice when Tristan stood near her corpse as his throat went dry "so this is why you never told us about your death".
Tristina's corpse disappeared before she re-appeared in her post-resurrection body, floating in front of him and cupping his cheeks "don't apologize, it's not like I blame you for my death, ever".
Tristan covered his eyes as tears of blood came out of his eyes "I know... it's me who always blamed myself for everything...".
"that's right. You blame yourself for our parent's and my death. You blame yourself for what happened to your wife and your daughters. You thought it's better to just die and it's what really pissed me off", pushing him down, she clutched his neck "unlike me, you are still alive, brother. You have the chance to live your life then why would you ever want to die instead? Why should it be you who live while I had to die? Instead of you who live, why should it be me who die? Unlike you, I want to live, so why don't you just come with me if you want to die so badly?".
When Elizabeth, Meliodas and Nel Hativa tried to get closer to stop her, another wave of darkness came and strong waves of miasma prevented them to get closer.
While Nel Hativa defended Gowther behind her, Meliodas yelled as he defended Elizabeth behind him "dammit! Fight her back, Triss!".
Tristan closed his eyes "you know I'm a failure of your son, father. Why don't you just let me die?".
"and how about Isolde? Do you want to leave her alone again?", Meliodas shouted "I don't remember I ever raised you, only to die meaningless without resistance and leave your beloved one, you moron child! If you can't live your life for yourself, then live for her! Don't you dare to make her cry again!".
"I need you to live. Promise me, you have to come back to me alive".
"I promise I will always come back to you".
In his head, he remembered her smile, their happy moments and their promise. He never thought to live his life for himself because everything about her was the only reason of why he was still alive. Strong light appeared before their eyes that kicked Nel Hativa, Elizabeth, Meliodas and Gowther back to the real world.
Ban approached them "Cap'n! Princess! What happened?".
Meliodas scratched his head "well, like you see...".
Nel Hativa straightened her body after doing body-check on Elizabeth and made sure the princess was totally alright "seems like her source of rage is indeed Tristan".
They saw Tristan and Tristina stood face-to-face after they jumped out of Lancelot's water cocoon and both ready on their fight stances.
Tristina scoffed "oh, finally want to fight against me back for your life now?".
"sorry, I just remember... I have the reason to not die. Not now. Not here", Tristan wasn't the type of someone who considered his life worthy but still, he had to live even if just for a woman "...I shouldn't make the only woman I love crying because of me again. For that reason alone, I have to live and I can't die yet".
Lowering down her head, her bangs masked her expression "even if you two are cursed?".
Unaffected, Tristan raised his eyebrow "maybe we are cursed, but even if our love is a curse, she is also my only salvation".
Lifting both her hands, Tristina lifted her face where her red eyes still glistening in dangerous way "try me, then".
"STOP!", Isolde stepped in between them, spreading her wings and her hands to the side with burning resolve on her eyes just like the fire that burning on her wings "if you kill him, you kill me too!".
Tristan wrapped his arms around her waist and shoulders, seemed unaffected by her fire "step back, my love. I don't want you to get hurt. This is the problem between us, as the twin sibling".
Remembering what she saw just now, Isolde hesitated as she turned her head to look at him over her shoulder "but—".
Tristan cut her off with kissing her on the lips, ignoring the jeering and loud cheers (from whoever that was still nearby) "you know I'm expert on babysitting, right? The only thing you should do when your kid become overly naughty is to give her good scolding or sternly give good punishment for them".
Isolde kissed him back "fine, but don't blame me if I decide to interfere in the middle of your fight with her when I think it's too dangerous".
Gowther tilted his head when Tristina and Tristan started to fight against each other with their magic power, just like what King and Elias did nearby "how strange, someone could explain to me what's the real problem here?".
"it's complicated, Gowther. No wonder, the matters of the hearts are most complicated problems, after all", Nel Hativa ruffled Gowther's head before explaining "Tristan wanted to die because he thought he didn't deserve to live after all he did on his life or what happened to his surroundings. The only reason of why he's still alive, is for the sake of Isolde and his family. Tristina who died on the young age is kinda the opposite, she wanted to live no matter how painful and cruel this life can be. What happened to Tristan and Isolde is one of reasons why she wanted to live again, because she can't afford the despair she has for not able do something to save her twin and her twin's wife who get cursed. Tristan thought it's his fault that Tina's dead while Tina was too afraid to see what would happen to them, she hoped she could bring end to their curse but nothing she could do as someone who dead already and it created the steep cliff between them as twin sibling".
Elizabeth wiped her tears, turning to Nel Hativa "that's why she wanted to live again and you helped her resurrection?".
"although it didn't end too well. Badly she's reverted back to her childish despair as she remembered the pain and grief of her death. She thought that the best way to put their suffering to end, is with kill them", Nel Hativa added "add it with her anger to her twin brother who lived but want to die when she's the one who die but want to live, it only worsened her rage".
Gowther hummed and concluded "that's why she attacked him and tried to kill him?".
"what a nonsense came from creepy girl", it was not like Ban couldn't understand Tristan's feeling, but he also didn't agree with what Tristina tried to do in her rage state "perhaps she's right, but she doesn't have the right to separate her twin brother with his lover here~".
"shut up!", she could hear them and everything they said was the truth. However, she couldn't control her rage and she was so ashamed of herself for this. Crying out loud, Tristina lifted both her shaking hands as she reached her limits "someone... stop me!".
Instead of avoid her attack, this time Tristan accepted her attack that cut his right hand off. As his right hand fell to the ground and his blood flowing out of the stump on his torso, he heard Isolde's cry but he hugged Tristina instead.
It seemed successfully snapped Tristina out of her rage as she cried on his shoulder "why did you not avoid it? What are you doing?".
Dropped on his knees to the ground, pulling her along with him, Tristan whispered "I know you've been lost in your Despair and nothing I could do either as your twin brother... I'm a failure of an older brother because I failed to protect you... but I'm so sorry... I know it's selfish of me... you can be angry and hate me as much as you can... I will accept all of it... but even if you can't forgive me... I can't give up on my life, not when I have someone... who always wait for me to go back to her side...".
Meliodas instructed "Ban, Neiva, Gowther, do like we've planned!".
Nel Hativa nodded before she threw Meliodas to the twin "here we go!".
After Meliodas grabbed Tristan along with his hand on the ground, Ban used his moves to pull them out of the miasma that surrounding them and prevented them to get closer "Fox Hunt!".
When Ban successfully caught Meliodas and Tristan on his hand, Nel Hativa wrapped her arms around Elizabeth's waist. They jumped to the center of the waves of miasma that coming from Tristina before Nel Hativa put down Elizabeth nearby and handed over the Tender Hands to her.
Nel Hativa lunged forward and held down Tristina on the ground "Lady Elizabeth, now!".
Using the Tender Hands on her hands, although she had no idea about how to use sword properly nor she had the skill with it, Elizabeth stabbed it. Ban who supported Tristan from behind, Meliodas who seemed unfazed as he sat beside Tristan while Isolde healed his wounds using her healing magic power to re-attach his hand back to his body, the four of them lifted their attention fully to what happened in front of them. After Elizabeth stabbed the Sword that piercing through Nel Hativa and Tristina's torso, Nel Hativa smirked as ominous miasma on Tristina's body dissipated. Once all ominous miasma from her body dissipated, Tristina's body shrunk into her 9 years old version and Elizabeth hugged her.
Like a mother, Elizabeth carried her, swaying her as the little girl crying on her hands. She didn't know why, but looking at her like this and with little knowledge about how her must have been feeling to her twin brother, Elizabeth kissed her forehead before trying to calm her down "yosh, yosh. It's alright. I'm sure neither your brother nor Lady Isolde will hate you. Tina is a good girl, that's why, your power is not evil either".
Elizabeth said that lines because she thought it was necessary, someone had to tell her after what they had witnessed. From how she passed away, it seemed Tristina thought that she possessed evil powers thus she was killed. That was where she was wrong, Elizabeth told her. Somehow, she had the needs to do this and tell this to her. Unbeknownst by Elizabeth, from Nel Hativa, Lancelot, Lily, Meliodas to Tristan shared the same nostalgic looks.
Meliodas approached them "you two don't get hurt, do you?".
Gowther leaned down to inspect where Elizabeth had stabbed Nel Hativa and Tristina. With impressed tones on his voice, Gowther found it impressive when he didn't find any trace of injury on their body.
Swinging the Tender Hands sword in her hand, Nel Hativa explained to frantic Veronica who didn't expect this at all from her sister "this is Tender Hands that also known as the Sword Of Kindness. This Sword is Sacred Treasure that will not hurt the pure and innocence beings. In the battle, this Sword will not hurt us physically because this Sword is intended to erase the magic instead. Similar like Meliodas' Counter Vanish".
When Elizabeth came to their side and she put down Tristina on the ground near them, Tristina jumped to hug Isolde and Tristan on her each arms "older brother! Sister-in-law! Forgive me! I'm so sorry!".
Still feeling dizzy due to blood-lost, Tristan merely patted her head "nah, fret not. Perhaps this could be good reminder for me to stop negatively thinking about my death anymore".
Isolde smacked him "of course, you have to!".
Because Tristina had turned back into normal, Elias who got affected by her miasma just now, launched the last blow that barely leave the scratch to King who dodged it easily.
With seemingly bored manners, King asked "are you satisfied now?".
"shut up! Unlike you... I don't have place to go back anymore...", panting, Elias put his hands on his knees before clutching his hand on his chest "I could no longer go back to that place... not with... this body...".
When exhausted Elias collapsed backward, before King caught him, Lily had caught him first, carrying him on her arms before she settled him on her lap, leaning his head on her chest. Looking at endearing scene from this perfect figure of a mother, King couldn't ask her to let his little brother go.
"King! Are you okay? You're not injured, right?", Diane approached him. After doing the body-check and she had made sure King was okay, Diane turning her head to Lily "is your little brother okay?".
Lily was the one who answered it and waved her hand "it's okay, he's gonna be okay, just exhausted".
To make sure they were okay and to fasten their recovery, Lancelot was using his Holy Water to heal all of them who got injured. King and Elias still had an issue, but for now, they only had one problem.
Ban lifted his head "okay, now what should we do about him?".
Slader reminded "we still have to finish our mission to bring back his head, remember?".
Tristina demanded as both Isolde and Elizabeth held her back when the little girl wanted to get closer to the Armor Giant who attacked Lily just now "wait! Don't kill him! He's still partly human!".
Ban yelled in disbelief "which part of this creature that human?".
Meliodas smacked Ban on the head with his scabbard "don't yell to her".
Lily lifted her hand "no, if you feel its presence carefully, you can tell it. Half of it felt like Holy Knight while the other half—".
Jericho decided to get out although it was foolish action "—just like us from the New Generation, you mean?".
Ban nonchalantly shrugged "oh, Janko?".
Jericho loudly yelled in irritation "it's Jericho!".
When they discussed about what to do with the Armor Giant, after Gowther who had been companion of the Armor Giant told them all his reason about why he couldn't kill him, Ban lifted his hand "as if anyone asked to be born like this. Move aside, I will do it if you can't do it".
Meliodas stopped Ban and grabbed his wrist "stop, she's right. He's still partly human. He protected Tina just now, remember?".
Tristan so cleverly pointed out "in case you forget it, he also the one who attacked Lily".
"fret not, Mel", Nel Hativa tucked her hand into her chest and pulled out the scroll from her pocket, sort of note from the Chief of Death God Thanatos for her "take a look, the decree from my boss. This man is the one I should bring. It's his fate to die today".
Meliodas refused to kill the Armor Giant because after the Armor broke and Gowther stopped him with his Invasion and showed the illusion to him, he recognized him as Dale "he has a son and a daughter!".
"in case you forget it, Death never have befriended with anyone", Nel Hativa turned her back against him and changed the Tender Hands in her hand back into her Death Scythe "it's unlike I like it when I have to kill someone. My job as the Death God is merely to kill and send the dead to eternal peace, that's all. Don't interfere in my job, unless you want me to take another soul from your family to replace this Dale?".
Slader clapped his hands "I started to like her, so cold and deadly from a beauty like you, Lady Death God".
Knowing he was gonna be killed, Armor Giant went rampaging just like he did before Gowther locked his movement with showing illusion to him but Chain of Heavens wrapped tightly around him again. King turned his head, only to see Elias had regained his consciousness.
"Enkidu", Elias lowered his hand, leaning his head on Lily's chest "just do what you should do".
Swinging her Death Scythe, without looking back, Nel Hativa instructed "Isolde, Gowther, do what you think the best".
Meliodas gritted his teeth but he knew what the best to do. Walking forward, Meliodas remembered what Elizabeth told him as he pulling out the sword on his hand "you're not doing it alone, little sister".
Tristina remembered when Armor Giant protected her and she cried out loud "STOP!".
"then just close your eyes", Tristan covered her twin's eyes with his palm "you know we couldn't save him anymore... just if we could find him sooner...".
Elizabeth pulled her into her embrace, hiding her crying face on her chest as she herself also closed her eyes "...don't look, Tina".
Nel Hativa swung her Death Scythe to cut Armor Giant's head off of his body, followed by Meliodas who swinging his sword to slice the monster's hard-like-steel body into pieces. Gowther caught its head that he handed over to Slader from Dawn Roar because it was the main reason of why they came here from the first place. Last, Isolde lifted both her hands in front of the fallen pieces of the mosnter's body.
"poor thing. Don't worry. I will end your suffering right away", closing her eyes, Isolde used her fire to totally purify them "Phoenix Embrace".
When Isolde's purification fire burned the body into ashes, Dale's soul appeared from the fire. Dale's ghost smiled as he patted Tristina's head "thank you, kind-hearted little girl... maybe, you reminded me to my daughter, that's why I wanted to protect you. Don't cry, and if you ever meet with my daughter and son, please tell them that I love them and I apologize to make them suffering".
Usually, Elizabeth would cry too at the time like this but looking down to crying Tristina on her hands, Elizabeth only could pray for Dale to rest in peace as she kissed Tristina's forehead. When Dale turned to her and Nel Hativa, nodding his head as the sign that he was ready to go, Isolde opened the gate to the Necropolis like Tristan did. The difference between her and Tristan, Tristan had to do this on that village where the gate of Necropolis had been while Isolde as the Phoenix Priestess could open the gate to Necropolis wherever she was, just like this time, as long as there was the massacre on that place, just like this place.
Moving her hands, Isolde recited the spell "Ashes turned into Ashes. Dust turned into dust. When people die, their body turned back into Earth, leaving only their names and memories on the living people's heart. First spell for my mother the Queen of Succubus on Purgatory. Second spell for my father the Hell God on the Underworld. Third spell for my daughters who live on Necropolis. Last spell for my lover whose soul keep wandering in between the Death and Life. In the name of the Phoenix Priestess, open the gate".
Once the gate to Necropolis opened, Irina and Iris came flying through the gate. The latter gave the bear hug and kiss on her mother while the former went to give a light peck on her father's forehead.
Iris laughed brightly, had witnessed everything on Necropolis. Knowing her mother had regained her memory, she didn't doubt to express her feelings to her "mommy, I missed you!".
Irina chuckled at her little sister's antics before looking down to her father as she floating in front of him "thank you, you fulfill your promise to me, Daddy".
Tristan shrugged at that "like I said, anything for you, dear".
Isolde called her daughters "Irina, Iris, would you be his guide for a while?".
Both little angels nodded their head before they went back to Necropolis with Dale. After Irina and Iris went with Dale's soul, Isolde reassured "don't worry. I asked Irina and Iris to be his guide. After his soul goes to his family to say his last words, Fire of Phoenix will purify his soul so he can go to the Heaven peacefully and he can reincarnate again, after he waited for his turn to reincarnate in The Capital Of The Dead".
Tristan lifted his hand, halting all his comrades before he stepped forward and stood in front of her "who are you?".
"what are you talking about, my beloved husband? Have you forgotten your own wife's face?", Isolde smiled with sparks of knowledge and understanding on her eyes "I am your wife, Isolde Belialuin. We have promised and vowed to each other in our marriage that you and I are one body one soul, have we not?".
Already made sure who she was, Tristan wrapped his hand around her waist and pulled her closer to his chest, giving torrid kiss "I missed you".
"I love you", Isolde chuckled and smiled against his lips as she wrapped her arms around his shoulders "you make me worried. You haven't fully recovered and yet, you still come here recklessly?".
Simon cleared his throat awkwardly "sorry to interrupt your lover's moment, but you all have killed our prey, you know?".
"I suggest you to retreat, Dawn Roar. With her condition right now, she alone is enough to kill you all here", when she rubbed her temples, Tristan frowned "what's wrong?".
She felt her eyelids heavy "sorry... looks like I've reached... my limit...".
When she lost consciousness, Tristan caught her "Isolde!".
"...as I expected, she's started awakened", Nel Hativa touched Isolde's forehead that felt burning "well, not fully awakened yet, her blood as Phoenix Priestess has awakened just for a moment. Maybe she did it to protect you. What she knew, you were in danger, thus she's accidentally awakened even if just for a moment".
"say, I don't remember what happened in Vaizel when I went berserk", Tristan turned to their comrades, carrying Isolde on his arms bridal style "but has she awakened on Vaizel?".
Meliodas shrugged at that, he was gone berserk too, after all "neither do I".
"no, she's not. This is the first time", Nel Hativa confirmed after she checked on everyone's memories with her Invasion "maybe after witnessing you were dying lately, it has triggered her and she's started awakened. Isolde Evergreen, first reincarnation of my little sister, also started to awaken and remember her past-life memories after you saved her when she was trapped in that fire, remember?".
Ban demanded as he came closer to the Death God Lady "first of all, how about you explain to us about how and why do you have the same power with Gowther?".
Nel Hativa huffed "only when I'm up to".
Meliodas reminded them, pointing to the still-opened-gate "whatever, but before we go back to Boar Hat, who can close this gate to Necropolis other than Isolde?".
"oh, right", Nel Hativa facepalmed before lifting her hands. However, after several seconds and the gate could not be closed, she frowned "huh? It's strange... I tried to close the gate to Necropolis that Isolde has opened, yet why it could not be closed?".
"let me try. Maybe someone from Necropolis tried to get out—", Lily said as she handed Elias to Diane who exchanged confused glances with King before the Fay Queen walked to the gate. Just like Lily said before, there was a soul from Necropolis who came and Lily lifted her hands to cover her mouth "...it can't be...".
A/N:
Ah, mama Elizabeth and papa Meliodas successfully saved their children... what an endearing, touching family. Now I have the riddle. Do you think who exactly the soul who tried to get out of the Necropolis in the end? The answer will be on the next chapter.